Question about RAM??

Question

I need 1.0 GB to install adobe CS3 - currently I have 448mb. How do I extend my amount without buying a memory card?

Answer 1

RAM (memory) "cards" have maximum amounts. Yours happens to be 448 mb. Since you cannot force extra megabytes out of it, you will need to buy a larger "card". You can find a GB for fairly cheap nowadays, around $40. Go to www.newegg.com and search for your type of memory. But be careful since memory comes in many speeds and forms. Buy the wrong type and it either won't fit, or won't work. Good luck.

Answer 2

You can often install and run programs without the required memory by using virtual memory (Windows usually does this automatically), but they will run much slower. Often, programs will be unusable if you have less than the required amount. Buying RAM is the best option. However, there are a few ways you can squeeze more memory out of your computer without buying more RAM.

* 448MB is a weird amount of memory--most likely this means that you have 512MB and 64MB are being used by your on-board graphics controller. You can free up some or all of this memory in one of two ways. If you buy a new video card that has its own memory, you will have the full 512MB available. If you don't or can't do this, you can go into the BIOS when your computer boots, and allocate less memory. This may affect the ability to use the full array of colors or resolutions on your monitor. But honestly, 64MB is more than most people need for smaller monitors.
* Often, a lot of memory will be taken up by programs that automatically load themselves into memory when your computer starts. Most of these are programs that show up in your system tray in the lower-right-hand corner of the screen. Closing out of these programs, checking option boxes for them to not load at startup, and/or uninstalling unneeded programs that load themselves are all ways of freeing up more memory so that you can at least use a greater portion of your 448MB or whatever is available.
* If you make sure that you only run one program at a time, close all other programs, and only attempt to do one thing at a time in the program you're using, you can usually (but not always!) get away with running programs that have higher memory requirements.

* As an absolute last-resort, and in extreme situations where you have a lot of time on your hands but crappy hardware, you can try downgrading to an earlier version of windows, since earlier versions usually use much less memory than newer ones (make sure the program runs under the early version however!). Like I said, this is a ton of work and it's only advisable if there are no other options.

Good luck. Honestly? I would recommend against installing a program that does not meet the memory requirements. Buying RAM is the best option. However, if this really isn't an option, and you want to give it a try anyway, you can try the tricks I mentioned above. They might just squeeze enough out of your system to make the program usable, but no guarantees.

Answer 3

Short answer, you CAN'T. The software might need to find the physical RAM to work properly. If not, you can increase the amount of disk the applications are allowed to use as "memory" in the Windows settings. However, this is not true RAM memory.

You might have another problem in your hands. You mentioned you have 448MB. You need to determine if you can expand to another 512MB if you have an empty slot in the pc. The other thing is you can't mix memory. For example. If you have two 256MB cards (512MB), then you have to buy the full 1GB to reach your goal otherwise, you can buy the extra 512MB for the bank (slot) that is still empty.

Best way to know is going to http://www.4allmemory.com and run their analysis to tell you exactly what you need to buy.

I bought 1GB about 1 month ago and was very happy with the results.

Hope this helps.

Answer 4

I think the are referring to free Hard Drive space not ram.
With only 448mb Ram I suggest not running any other programs at the same time as adobe.

Answer 5

Your Question is a little confusing i think you might mean hard drive space rather than Ram.
If it is hard drive space you are short on delete any files you dont want or uninstall any software you dont use. The more you take of the more space you will gain.
You may also gain small amounts of space by using disk defragmenter and by deleting cookies ect.
These tools can be found by going into my computer and
right clicking on your hard drive a list will come up and then choose properties.

Answer 6

when you run out of memory the computer automatically uses "virtual memory" (VM) , which is really just part of your hard drive.
VM is slower though.

adobe "might" not let you install without 1 Gig of Ram,
im not sure, you can try it.

there are a bunch of tools that might help here...
http://www.majorgeeks.com/downloads26.html

heres one i know of
http://www.majorgeeks.com/Application_Warp_d675.html

i would also find out whats using the most memory right now, and streamline your PC to use less.
sometimes there are things running in the background you dont need.

Answer 7

I'm afraid you can't. If you have some useless files, that might help if you delete them. But if you want to buy them for cheap, you can go to ebay.ca and search it there. Go on Buy-it-now searches if you want to buy it now instead of bidding in a time limit. Also, Buy it now are more expensive, bud bidding normally can get risky. So good luck.

Answer 8

You have to buy memory in order to get more, i recommend www.tigerdirect.com they have amazing prices on everything from ram to monitors.

Answer 9

Even increasing the virtual memory to maximum allocated would not work.There's no other alternative..........

Answer 10

You can't, you need to buy.